Burling Slip Playground Approved by Landmarks
From the precognitive New York Times
February 14, 2007
Metro Briefing New York
Manhattan: Landmarks Panel Approves Experimental Playground
By DIANE CARDWELL
An experimental playground planned for Burling Slip near the South Street Seaport took a step closer to fruition yesterday with unanimous approval by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. At the commission’s request, designers at the Rockwell Group, which is developing the playground with the City Parks and Recreation Department, made changes meant to integrate the contemporary structure into the historic seaport district, including replacing a chain link fence with one of wrought iron, lowering a ramp and removing parking spots. The project needs approval from the State Historic Preservation Office before construction can begin.
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And as to those details that only the New York Post can relate:
“”It was a very interesting dramatic proposal to begin with. Now I’m very happy to be a supporter of this project,” Robert Tierney, chairman of the city Landmarks Preservation Commission, said at a hearing yesterday.
Commission members reviewed revisions to the park made by its designer, David Rockwell, and his team, who are doing the work for free”